Shortly after the fatal shooting of 20 students and six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) traveled to the state capital of Hartford to attend a roundtable on gun violence. “The families and the advocates there are furious,” Murphy recalls. On this episode of the “Candidate Confessional” podcast, Murphy talks about how his eyes were opened to the epidemic of gun violence. He had represented Newtown as a congressman and had often given rote responses to questions on gun control before the shooting took place. “I gave an NRA [talking point] answer and I’m so embarrassed about that now,” he says.

Source: Huffington Post July 06, 2017 09:45 UTC